Danes Spar Over Island to House Deportees

A tiny teardrop-shaped island off the coast of Denmark has become the focus of a dispute between the government and human-rights campaigners over how the country treats failed asylum seekers.

The Danish parliament agreed on Friday in its budget for 2019 to fund a deportation center on Lindholm Island, 2 miles offshore. The island would house failed asylum seekers who have committed crimes, foreigners who are deemed a national-security risk and other foreigners who are slated for deportation for crimes and have served their...